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Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) - HBW 5, p. 647

French: Porte-traîne lesbie German: Schwarzschwanzsylphe Spanish: Colibrí Colilargo Mayor
Other common names: Long-tailed Trainbearer

Taxonomy: Trochilus Victoriæ Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, Colombia.
Differences in display and behaviour do not suggest particularly close relationship with L. nuna; may be more closely related to Sappho sparganura. Race eucharis of L. nuna, formerly thought to have come from Colombia, was provisionally placed in present species. Proposed race aequatorialis doubtfully distinct from nominate, since only difference documented is tail length which is quite a variable character within nominate. “L. ortoni” (= “Zodalia glyceria”) is probably a hybrid of present species and Ramphomicron microrhynchum. .. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Trochilus Victoriæ Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, Colombia.
Differences in display and behaviour do not suggest particularly close relationship with L. nuna; may be more closely related to Sappho sparganura. Race eucharis of L. nuna, formerly thought to have come from Colombia, was provisionally placed in present species. Proposed race aequatorialis doubtfully distinct from nominate, since only difference documented is tail length which is quite a variable character within nominate. “L. ortoni” (= “Zodalia glyceria”) is probably a hybrid of present species and Ramphomicron microrhynchum. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • victoriae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) - Andes of NE Colombia (Norte de Santander to Bogotá); Andes of S Colombia (Nariño) and Ecuador.
  • juliae (Hartert, 1899) - Andes of N & C Peru.
  • berlepschi (Hellmayr, 1915) - Andes of SE Peru.

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